Right, Rahane and Gambhir are walking towards the middle. The lights are on. Mohammad Irfan to start. Two slips in place

Beanies, fleeces, scarfs, down jackets, fancy warm hats, arctic gloves - they are all out in Delhi. 5 degrees was the lowest temperature I played cricket in and I came back with a sore finger after just stopping the ball at square leg. Good luck to these guys.

A few Pakistani fans in the crowd - certainly more than there were in Kolkata or Chennai.

Madhav makes a point for all you stat-mongers: "When was the last time team India was playing one match and Sachin playing a different one ?? #Jan6th2013"

Mumbai, btw, are two down and Tendulkar is in at the Wankhede. For all those close to the stadium in Mumbai, time to run in. There is not entry ticket for Ranji matches so there's nothing to stop anyone.

Gowri: "@Madhav, thats when Ind Pak played in Toronto when Sachin was sent to Commonwealth games in Malaysia"

Toss: India have won the toss and they will bat first. Dhoni is fit to play. Sehwag and Dinda are out. In come Ajinkya Rahane and Shami Ahmed. Misbah says this is like being in Lahore. Azhar Ali makes way for Umar Akmal and that is Pakistan's only change.

Raheel: "Just imagine 7 foot 1 inch giant sitting on a camel given by the minister, riding it in his home town Gaggu Mandi, Punjab." ..

Mustafa: "@Xaideez Only the lucky ones get to sleep the evening before. I've been doing homework all day and now have to stay up all night for this. Wouldn't miss it for the world though"

"Very Disappointing - This was the best time to try the likes of Haris Sohail, Anwar Ali and Zulfiqar Babar out. This is primarily why we discovered Saeed 'The magician' Ajmal at the age of 30 and not 24," Disappointed Veteran is not very happy with Pak's team changes.

(Dhoni has two layers on!)

Pitch Report: Slow and flat wicket, dew later. Wasim Akram thinks it is a win toss field first wicket. Ravi Shastri thinks India, under pressure, would want to bat first.

Justin: "Its HIGH time that we criticize a person, let there be some moral support from us as well. Its just not a one man's game, its 11 people in one team, their management and above all we the supporters. I wonder how it would have been if the game of Cricket had been Outsourced. Never ever the manager gets to be blamed."

Anwar: "all the players would take all catches in their caps!" That is not allowed in cricket sir. Is it five runs everytime? I am not sure, but you can't take catches using a cap.

Raheel from Canada: "i am sitting here at an oil rig close to antartica... -35 celcius plus the wind... and waiting for pak - india contest to warm me up.... and you guys are complaining about the weather...i will cheering without a t-shirt if i am at the stadium..." (Like Canada and Antartica are as close as Delhi and Lahore!! Ha)

11.00 am: Three degrees it is in Delhi this morning, but that is not enough to deter the hoards of people who have already taken their seats. Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the third ODI in Delhi. Pakistan have already won the series and they would be aiming to inflict a whitewash on India, something none of the current players have seen at home.

The teams are out on the field and they look dressed up for a ski-slope. Dhoni, after all that talk about the soreness of his back yesterday, is kicking about the football. But the players haven't really taken their hands out from their pockets. If it stays like this, fielding could be one painful experience here. For a fact, this is not the first time Kotla is hosting an international in January.

"Lets give the chance to Shami Ahmad. There is no doubt that they have not played up to their potential. All the batsman looked in hurry," says Mohd. Sabih.

Aravind: "Dhoni is kicking the football around? I was really hoping to see Kohli do some captaining today!"

Meanwhile, Amjad wants to see the talented Anwar Ali: "I really wish they throw in the new bowler 'Anwar Ali' into today's match. I've been waiting to watch him play since i've seen his youtube video of the U-19 World Cup final against India."

"Sitting here in New York and its 1 am, would def not want to see a white-wash but might be a blessing-in-disguise for Indian cricket in future, feel hard for MS though, a fantastic cricketer let down by his team," says Shivang. And we thought this was a dead-rubber.

Dr. Tam: "Most of the Pak players hail from Lahore( which is not far from Delhi). Moreover Pak played 2 practice ODI at Lahore in similar whether, do they should be really feeling at home in these freezing conditions. Expect some fireworks today to warm things up folks."

Meanwhile, a provincial minister has announced a special prize for each member of the Pakistani team. Guess what?

Deepak: "At the time when everyone's position is questioned, the last things Dhoni will do is to give the captaincy to Kohli and wicketkeeping position to DK. Am sure he will play today."

Mustfeez from Pakistan: "Let's hope Dhoni do well for India, he is a good captain and have won matches for India. Indian fans and media are just going hard on him."

"Delhi ever seen snow? any local "live nearby' weather expert?" says Nik. I am not sure about that, but if it happened today, it would certainly make the match a spectacle and would give some speed to some of the slow players. But I wonder how they would turn back..

Xaideez: "@Shivang and all "We here in North America ....Plan for these matches... like we sleep in evening and wake up before match to make sure.. we've enough energy to awake whole night ...and certainly it hurts when you see your team loosing""

0.1

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
starts with a length ball outside off, the ball is left alone and the keeper takes it low, close to his ankles

0.2

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
short of length, angling in to Gambhir who goes back and tucks it straight to the square-leg fielder

0.3

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
length ball on off stump, 141 kph, Gambhir stays on the crease and drives it towards mid-on

0.4

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
1 run,
short of length delivery outside off, Gambhir stays back and opens the face to run it down towards third-man for the first runs

0.5

Mohammad Irfan to Rahane,
no run,
short of length delivery, pitches outside legs and gets up on Rahane, he gets hit on the pads and the ball rolls towards square leg

0.6

Mohammad Irfan to Rahane,
no run,
good bounce by Irfan, the ball passes Rahane's bat but the slowness in the pitch means that the keeper takes it low

Junaid Khan to Gambhir,
3 runs,
fuller length angling in to Gambhir, he flicks it past square leg and the fine leg has to run around and make a sliding stop

1.3

Junaid Khan to Rahane,
no run,
back of length, cuts across a bit after pitching, but Rahane stays back and opens the face of the bat. The ball takes an outside edge but drops short of second slip

1.4

Junaid Khan to Rahane,
2 leg byes,
full delivery on the pads, Rahane is unable to get any bat on that, the ball hits the pads and rolls down fine for fine-leg fielder to field

1.5

Junaid Khan to Rahane,
no run,
beats him outside off with a full and wide delivery. Rahane is slow to come forward and then tries to drive it away from his body

1.6

Junaid Khan to Rahane,
no run,
beats him again with an angled delivery that pitches just short of good length and goes on with the angle. Rahane was playing a defensive shot, but played inside the line

End of over 2 (5 runs)
India 6/0
(RR: 3.00)

AM Rahane0 (6b)

G Gambhir4 (6b)

Junaid Khan1-0-3-0

Mohammad Irfan1-0-1-0

2.1

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
length ball on off stump, doesn't bounce much, defended down the pitch by Gambhir

2.2

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
FOUR,
loses direction as this one drifts to the leg side, Gambhir easily deflects it to the fine-leg boundary

2.3

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
beaten outside off with one that bounces extra and just cuts away from Gambhir. The batsman just hangs his bat at that one

2.4

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
1 run,
fuller length on off, Gambhir doesn't commit fully to the front foot but drives it to wide mid-on for a single

Junaid Khan to Gambhir,
no run,
brings it closer to the stumps this time and Gambhir comes forward to defend it to the off side

3.4

Junaid Khan to Gambhir,
2 runs,
full delivery on the middle, and Gambhir gets a leading edge past cover as he closes the face of the bat to play it towards the leg side

3.5

Junaid Khan to Gambhir,
1 run,
short of length on the middle, the batsman hops back and dabs the ball to the left of the square-leg fielder

3.6

Junaid Khan to Rahane,
no run,
short of length delivery, hits the pads, and there is a loud appeal, but that pitched well outside the leg stump line

End of over 4 (3 runs)
India 18/0
(RR: 4.50)

AM Rahane4 (9b 1x4)

G Gambhir12 (15b 1x4)

Junaid Khan2-0-6-0

Mohammad Irfan2-0-10-0

4.1

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
1 run,
short of length delivery, close to off stump, Gambhir goes back and dabs it towards the right of point fielder for a single

4.2

Mohammad Irfan to Rahane,
no run,
another short of length delivery, on middle and leg, Rahane goes back and turns it to square leg

4.3

Mohammad Irfan to Rahane,
OUT,
caught behind! Irfan strikes with a full delivery outside off, Rahane comes forward to drive it towards cover but the angle on the ball takes it across the batsman, it takes a faint edge to the keeper. Important strike by Irfan and Rahane loses another opportunity to impress

Siva:"@Gridhar, nothing wrong in playing Ranji if you want to score some runs in Tests! I wish Rainas and Yuvrajs have done this long before even after being selected for India!! "

4.4

Mohammad Irfan to Kohli,
FOUR,
he gets a full delivery on the off and middle, and he obliges with a drive through midwicket with a lot of wrist for his first runs

4.5

Mohammad Irfan to Kohli,
no run,
short of length on the middle, defended back to the bowler

Farhan: "That would be a real confident booster for Irfan. He had bowled really well in this series but luck didn't favor him. "

4.6

Mohammad Irfan to Kohli,
1 run,
length ball on off, Kohli comes forward and pushes it to the gap at cover for a quick single

End of over 5 (6 runs)
India 24/1
(RR: 4.80)

V Kohli5 (3b 1x4)

G Gambhir13 (16b 1x4)

Mohammad Irfan3-0-16-1

Junaid Khan2-0-6-0

Tushar: "The best ever come back has made by kamran akmal..though not as a batsman but as a wicketkeeper...How could he managed not to miss any catch in this series?"

5.1

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
no run,
beats him outside off. Kohli stays in the crease to a length ball, expecting it to come back but the ball goes straight on

5.2

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
no run,
close shout for lbw! This one comes in after pitching on the middle, Kohli comes forward but plays outside the line this time, the ball however was going over the top of the stumps

5.3

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
no run,
and this one goes across after pitching on a length, Kohli is beaten again

5.4

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
no run,
short of length delivery on off stump, gives time to Kohli to see where this is going as he goes back and defends it towards the off side

5.5

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
1 wide,
down the leg side and it has been called a wide

5.5

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
no run,
short of length delivery, goes across the batsman. It pitches outside off and allows the batsman to leave that easily

5.6

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
no run,
some low bounce now. It was outside off, Kohli left it alone and Kamran is unable to make a clean stop as it bounces just before him

End of over 6 (1 run)
India 25/1
(RR: 4.16)

V Kohli5 (9b 1x4)

G Gambhir13 (16b 1x4)

Junaid Khan3-0-7-0

Mohammad Irfan3-0-16-1

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6.1

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
short of length, gets steep bounce with that. Gambhir hops and somehow defends it down on the pitch, off the shoulder of his bat

6.2

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
back of length outside off, Gambhir stays back and opens the face to play it towards point

Naveen: "Speaking about cold fingers,Kamran akmal wont have an excuse to drop a catch with his gloves on !"

6.3

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
bouncer this time. Gambhir ducks under it in time

6.4

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
another short of length delivery on the middle, Gambhir defends it towards midwicket on the hop

6.5

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
back of length delivery outside off, moves away after pitching, Gambhir lets it go

Miher: "@tushar Akmal was not bad when he started, only when he was asked to play with a broken finger that he lost started going hard at ball and missed a few chances and never regained the confidence. "

6.6

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
attempted short ball, but it is wide outside off and doesn't bounce much, Gambhir lets it go again

End of over 7 (maiden)
India 25/1
(RR: 3.57)

G Gambhir13 (22b 1x4)

V Kohli5 (9b 1x4)

Mohammad Irfan4-1-16-1

Junaid Khan3-0-7-0

7.1

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
no run,
back of length, accurate on around the off stump line, Kohli defends it to the leg side

Sathish: "is there any possibility to include some 30 sec videoes in the middle of the commentary for the wickets alone?? Innovation.." Thanks, but there is a hawk-eye section on this scorecard which is very good. Till then.

7.2

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
no run,
another short of length delivery, Kohli defend it off the back foot

7.3

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
1 run,
he goes back to this back of length delivery on the middle and leg, and closes the face to run it down to fine leg

7.4

Junaid Khan to Gambhir,
2 runs,
short of length delivery on the pads, Gambhir glances it down fine off the back foot, Umar Gul makes a diving save and almost gets Gambhir with a flat throw. A direct hit would have sent Gambhir back. Great fielding

7.5

Junaid Khan to Gambhir,
no run,
beaten outside off! Gambhir stays back to a length ball and tries to play it down to third man. We can all picture it - he does that all the time

7.6

Junaid Khan to Gambhir,
no run,
beaten again, not by hanging his bat, but this time as he comes to play a forward defence. The ball cuts away just enough to go past the bat

End of over 8 (3 runs)
India 28/1
(RR: 3.50)

G Gambhir15 (25b 1x4)

V Kohli6 (12b 1x4)

Junaid Khan4-0-10-0

Mohammad Irfan4-1-16-1

8.1

Mohammad Irfan to Kohli,
no run,
back of length delivery, around off stump, defended towards point off the back foot

8.2

Mohammad Irfan to Kohli,
1 run,
he runs this down to third-man off the back foot as it is a short of a length delivery close to off stump

8.3

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
no run,
hits him high on the bat as he comes forward to defend this one

8.4

Mohammad Irfan to Gambhir,
OUT,
caught at point! Gambhir has given his wicket away playing a nothing shot. It was short. It was wide and instead of hitting it hard, he just guides it to the hands of point. He probably wanted to play that towards third-man, but the ball came a little slower and that messed up with his shot completely. Looked very bad.

Mohammad Irfan to Yuvraj Singh,
FOUR,
attempts a yorker, but it is a low full-toss and Yuvraj just times it through point for his first runs

8.6

Mohammad Irfan to Yuvraj Singh,
FOUR,
length ball on the pads, Yuvraj is quick to go back and flick it past square leg for another boundary

End of over 9 (9 runs)
India 37/2
(RR: 4.11)

Yuvraj Singh8 (2b 2x4)

V Kohli7 (14b 1x4)

Mohammad Irfan5-1-25-2

Junaid Khan4-0-10-0

Bilal: "Gambhir: As his names reflects his situation. "

9.1

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
no run,
back of length on off stump, Kohli watches this closely as he defends it off the back foot towards the off side

9.2

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
no run,
beats him outside off, Kohli doesn't come forward to the length ball and plays inside the line. The ball carries on straight to the keeper

9.3

Junaid Khan to Kohli,
OUT,
caught at second slip! the procession continues. Length ball, pitches on middle and goes across Kohli, who closes the face of the bat without either going forward or back, the ball takes an outside edge and flies low down to Younis at second-slip who completes a comfortable catch. India in deep mess again

V Kohli c Younis Khan b Junaid Khan 7 (25m 17b 1x4 0x6) SR: 41.17

Raina is the next man. "If India play with 11 batsman and 11 bowlers, the situation will be same," says Bond

9.4

Junaid Khan to Raina,
no run,
short of length outside off, Raina stays back and seeing it's not close to him, shoulders arms

9.5

Junaid Khan to Raina,
1 wide,
short ball cometh. Too high though and it's called a wide

Ritesh: "I can't see any fighting spirit in this Indian squad any more.I am sure even Bangladesh or Zimbabwe would have played better than Indians. This Indian team looks shattered and battered."

Waqas: "I badly feel for indian batting...they were the ones who always bailed their team out...n their biggest batting strength was aggression starting from very 1st ball but somehow all these guys have lost that killer instict...it was only yuvraj in 2nd t20 who did show the aggression n that is whr india won...same thing ganguly pointed out 2-3 days back"

9.6

Junaid Khan to Raina,
no run,
fuller length on off stump, Raina takes a little step forward and punches it to mid-on

End of over 10 (1 run)
India 38/3
(RR: 3.80)

SK Raina0 (3b)

Yuvraj Singh8 (2b 2x4)

Junaid Khan5-0-11-1

Mohammad Irfan5-1-25-2

10.1

Mohammad Irfan to Yuvraj Singh,
1 run,
length ball on off stump, Yuvraj stays back when he should have been forward, the ball takes the outside edge and goes to third-man

A leg slip in place too.

10.2

Mohammad Irfan to Raina,
no run,
back of length just outside off, Raina lets it go to the keeper

10.3

Mohammad Irfan to Raina,
1 run,
short of length delivery on off stump, Raina goes back and across and tucks it down to fine leg

10.4

Mohammad Irfan to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
short of length outside off, Yuvraj sways out of line

10.5

Mohammad Irfan to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
length ball outside off, Yuvraj stays on the crease and lifts his bat over his head to let it go

Bharat: "Rohit Sharma : "What was my fault? Atleast I was making getting out look elegant if nothing else!!""

10.6

Mohammad Irfan to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
short of length closer to the stumps now, Yuvraj goes back and defends it towards point

End of over 11 (2 runs)
India 40/3
(RR: 3.63)

Yuvraj Singh9 (6b 2x4)

SK Raina1 (5b)

Mohammad Irfan6-1-27-2

Junaid Khan5-0-11-1

11.1

Junaid Khan to Raina,
no run,
length ball, pitches outside off, cuts in to the batsman, hits him on the thigh pad and goes through to the keeper. Junaid appeals, but its too high

11.2

Junaid Khan to Raina,
no run,
short ball, doesn't get up too much, Raina goes back and across and gets on top of the bounce to play it down towards midwicket

11.3

Junaid Khan to Raina,
no run,
back of length delivery outside off, Raina again goes back and across to defend it towards midwicket

Vishnu: "Kumar Sangakkara once said "Anything below 350 is too low for this batting line up". I guess now what he has got to say."

11.4

Junaid Khan to Raina,
1 leg bye,
another appeal for lbw, but it's high again. It nips back from a short of length. Raina stays back and tries to play it towards the leg side, gets hit on the thigh pad and the ball rolls towards third man

11.5

Junaid Khan to Yuvraj Singh,
1 run,
short of length ball on the middle, Yuvraj dabs it down to fine leg

11.6

Junaid Khan to Raina,
no run,
fuller length outside off, Raina comes forward to defend it to the off side

End of over 12 (2 runs)
India 42/3
(RR: 3.50)

SK Raina1 (10b)

Yuvraj Singh10 (7b 2x4)

Junaid Khan6-0-12-1

Mohammad Irfan6-1-27-2

Danial: "I really don't understand why nobody is acknowledging the fact that Pakistan is bowling much better then India batting. Appreciate it guys. Young guns of Pakistan attack deserve this "

12.1

Mohammad Irfan to Yuvraj Singh,
1 run,
short of length outside off, Yuvraj hops back and opens the face as he plays this away from his body, to run it down to third man

Hassan: "I'm loving this Pakistani attack right now. Junaid khan is at the peak of his game reminds me so much of M.Amir . He along with M.Amir right now would have been a nightmare for most if not all batsman. "

12.2

Mohammad Irfan to Raina,
no run,
short of length ball, goes down the leg side with the angle, but that one was not very far from the leg stump as Raina had shuffled right across.

There is a leg slip for Raina too.

12.3

Mohammad Irfan to Raina,
no run,
length ball outside off, he defends it from the crease towards point

12.4

Mohammad Irfan to Raina,
no run,
now bring it closer to the off stump line, it is slightly short of length and Raina goes back to defend it back to the bowler

12.5

Mohammad Irfan to Raina,
no run,
length ball on off, no forward stride from Raina as he defends this to the off side

12.6

Mohammad Irfan to Raina,
no run,
short of length on off, defended towards the leg side

End of over 13 (1 run)
India 43/3
(RR: 3.30)

SK Raina1 (15b)

Yuvraj Singh11 (8b 2x4)

Mohammad Irfan7-1-28-2

Junaid Khan6-0-12-1

13.1

Junaid Khan to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
ooh, just went past the outside edge, on a good length and he drew Yuvraj forward, got it to move away and just go past the edge

13.2

Junaid Khan to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
on the stumps this time, angling towards off and middle and that's been defended into the off side

13.3

Junaid Khan to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
angling in towards middle and off and that's pushed into the off side from the crease

13.4

Junaid Khan to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
short of a good length and Yuvraj stays his ground and tries to crunch that past point, doesn't make contact, beats the edge again

13.5

Junaid Khan to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
shortish on middle, rocks on the back foot and knocks it down in front of the bowler

13.6

Junaid Khan to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
slower and shorter this time on the off stump, rocks back and knocks it down towards point, a maiden

End of over 14 (maiden)
India 43/3
(RR: 3.07)

Yuvraj Singh11 (14b 2x4)

SK Raina1 (15b)

Junaid Khan7-1-12-1

Mohammad Irfan7-1-28-2

Time for a bowling change now, Gul replaces Irfan

14.1

Umar Gul to Raina,
1 run,
dropped that short on middle, Raina rolled his wrists over that one and played it down to fine leg for a single

14.2

Umar Gul to Yuvraj Singh,
FOUR,
well timed by Yuvraj, just a punch and into the gap, short of a good length and he just eased it between mid-off and extra cover, quick outfield and it raced away

14.3

Umar Gul to Yuvraj Singh,
1 wide,
dropped that short outside off, thought of a pull but then withdrew, wide called for height

14.3

Umar Gul to Yuvraj Singh,
FOUR,
that's been bludgeoned, short outside off and he flat-bats that over the bowler's head, thwacked for a boundary

Gul goes round the wicket

14.4

Umar Gul to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
dropped short and that's been mistimed! Goes for the pull again but it goes off the bottom of the bat and lands just in front of mid-on

14.5

Umar Gul to Yuvraj Singh,
2 runs,
shortish and that's been punched through the covers for a couple, a deep point in place and he cuts that one off

Umar Gul to Raina,
FOUR,
dispatched, what an expensive over, yields 18 runs, Gul goes round the wicket and drops it short, it's a slower ball and Raina seizes the length early to pull it over square leg

Time for Drinks! Tea, hot chocolate, coffee..

Shameel: "@Danial ...In India, we love the 'blame game', rather than appreciating someone." Don't we all love that Shameel.

Ankush:"@danial:"pak is bowling superbly but then it seems because indians are batting as if they are in a hurry to go back in their warm dressing room in this delhi cold weather.""

Adil: "Junaid in particular has really impressed. He may lead the resurgence of fast bowlers of the next generation. Steyn et al won't be around forever! Enjoying how frequently he's making the batsmen look uncomfortable. "

15.1

Mohammad Hafeez to Yuvraj Singh,
1 run,
drifts on to the pads and Yuvraj turns it to the right of short fine leg

15.2

Mohammad Hafeez to Raina,
1 run,
flighted on the middle, Raina takes his front foot out and drives it along the ground to long off

Mohammad Hafeez to Yuvraj Singh,
no run,
he misses out on runs as the ball thuds to the pads, while it was drifting down

15.5

Mohammad Hafeez to Yuvraj Singh,
OUT,
and another one goes down, to a spinner this time. It was a flat and quick delivery, pitches on middle and off, and turns slightly. Yuvraj was on the back foot, trying to play it towards the on side but closed the face of the bat. The ball went past the outside edge to peg the off stick back. Yuvraj was completely squared up by that one

Yuvraj Singh b Mohammad Hafeez 23 (40m 23b 4x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

Dhoni walks in. Yuvraj was just opening up in the previous over.. Hafeez over the stumps.

Mohammad Hafeez to Raina,
no run,
the ball just stops on Raina, who lobs it back towards the bowler, the bowler and short mid-on converge and it just falls short of both

23.6

Mohammad Hafeez to Raina,
no run,
flatter delivery outside off, defended to Younis at the short silly mid-on position

End of over 24 (2 runs)
India 92/4
(RR: 3.83)

SK Raina27 (46b 2x4 1x6)

MS Dhoni9 (21b)

Mohammad Hafeez5-0-16-1

Saeed Ajmal1-0-3-0

24.1

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
no run,
pushed through on off stump, defended to the off side

24.2

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
1 wide,
it spins down the leg side and is called a wide

24.2

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
1 leg bye,
tossed up outside off, Dhoni comes forward and gets hit on the pads as he tries to push it towards the off side

24.3

Saeed Ajmal to Raina,
no run,
quicker delivery outside off, Raina cuts it hard but straight to point

24.4

Saeed Ajmal to Raina,
1 run,
flighted on the off stump, Raina comes forward and pushes it to deep cover for a single

24.5

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
no run,
flat and quick on the off stump, Dhoni stays back to defend that to the leg side

24.6

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
no run,
tossed up on the middle and leg stump line, Dhoni turns it straight to the fielder at square leg

End of over 25 (3 runs)
India 95/4
(RR: 3.80)

MS Dhoni9 (25b)

SK Raina28 (48b 2x4 1x6)

Saeed Ajmal2-0-5-0

Mohammad Hafeez5-0-16-1

Abhishek: "Wow, Dhoni's strike rate is steadily decreasing in every match. Maybe he's trying to convey that he is a good test batsman too? "

25.1

Mohammad Hafeez to Raina,
no run,
flatter delivery, punched back down the ground but Hafeez makes a good stop

25.2

Mohammad Hafeez to Raina,
1 run,
another flat delivery on off stump, this time Raina punches it to deep cover

25.3

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
no run,
gets beaten as he goes for a cut outside off, the ball goes past the bottom edge

25.4

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
no run,
turns into Dhoni, who plays it to Misbah at midwicket

25.5

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
no run,
on the pads and it is dabbed towards square leg

25.6

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
no run,
flighted on off stump, turns in a bit, pushed to midwicket off the front foot

End of over 26 (1 run)
India 96/4
(RR: 3.69)

MS Dhoni9 (29b)

SK Raina29 (50b 2x4 1x6)

Mohammad Hafeez6-0-17-1

Saeed Ajmal2-0-5-0

26.1

Saeed Ajmal to Raina,
no run,
slower, outside off, Raina stays back and opens the face to play it towards point

26.2

Saeed Ajmal to Raina,
no run,
tossed up on the middle, Raina comes forward to defend it back to the bowler

26.3

Saeed Ajmal to Raina,
1 run,
goes on the back foot and punches it through cover for a single

26.4

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
no run,
pushed through on the middle stump line, defended back to the bowler

26.5

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
no run,
tosses it up outside off, Dhoni comes forward and drives it straight to cover

26.6

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
no run,
more flight and it's full too, driven hard but straight to mid-off who is up

End of over 27 (1 run)
India 97/4
(RR: 3.59)

MS Dhoni9 (32b)

SK Raina30 (53b 2x4 1x6)

Saeed Ajmal3-0-6-0

Mohammad Hafeez6-0-17-1

Akshaye: "Well Abhishek...wait till the end of match, if he survives...his strike rate is going to be the best...he's proved so far"

27.1

Mohammad Hafeez to Raina,
no run,
shimmies down the track but has to defend as the length is not there

27.2

Mohammad Hafeez to Raina,
no run,
flat and quick, punched straight to extra cover off the back foot

27.3

Mohammad Hafeez to Raina,
1 run,
goes back and closes the face of the bat to play it on the leg side, takes off for a quick single

27.4

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
1 wide,
bowls it flat and quick, but it is down the leg side

27.4

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
SIX,
comes down the pitch and picks this one up from the middle stump line and launches it to the deep midwicket boundary. Where did that comes from?

27.5

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
SIX,
and another one, this time the ball is fuller and it allows him to get under it better as he strikes this over wide long-on

Round the wicket.

27.6

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
no run,
flighted delivery on off, defended back to the bowler

End of over 28 (14 runs)
India 111/4
(RR: 3.96)

MS Dhoni21 (35b 2x6)

SK Raina31 (56b 2x4 1x6)

Mohammad Hafeez7-0-31-1

Saeed Ajmal3-0-6-0

Deep: "@abhishek dhoni might start of slow but his strike rate ends up 90+ in the end. Its its called playing smart cricket. Just because your overall strike is 87 doesnt mean you cannot drop below it. It all depends on the situation of the match."

28.1

Saeed Ajmal to Raina,
no run,
flighted delivery on off, defended to the off side

28.2

Saeed Ajmal to Raina,
no run,
tosses it up on off, the ball turns a bit and Raina defends it off the front foot

28.3

Saeed Ajmal to Raina,
no run,
quick and full outside off, punched back to the bowler

28.4

Saeed Ajmal to Raina,
OUT,
follows the quicker one with a tossed up delivery on the middle stump, Raina thrusts his pad out towards the off and plays outside the line, the ball hits him on the front pad and the umpire raises his finger. Raina falls after a useful stand of 48 with Dhoni

SK Raina lbw b Saeed Ajmal 31 (81m 60b 2x4 1x6) SR: 51.66

R Ashwin walks in to face the music.

Nikhil: "Nasir Jamshed will be very happy with the last 2 sixes.He has a chance now to score his 3rd hundred in the series."

28.5

Saeed Ajmal to Ashwin,
OUT,
first baller for Ashwin! The wheels are coming off. It was flatter, quicker and it spins in to Ashwin. The batsman stayed on the crease as he tried to play that to the leg side, gets hit on the back pad in front of off. Ajmal on a roll again.

R Ashwin lbw b Saeed Ajmal 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Can he get the hat-trick now? Nasir: "Nelson got not only one but two..reminds David Shepherd a lot.."

Jadeja to face Ajmal who is coming round the wicket. Two slips and forward short leg in place

28.6

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
no run,
tossed up delivery on off, Jadeja comes forward to smother that

End of over 29 (wicket maiden)
India 111/6
(RR: 3.82)

RA Jadeja0 (1b)

MS Dhoni21 (35b 2x6)

Saeed Ajmal4-1-6-2

Mohammad Hafeez7-0-31-1

Sanjay: "Looks like India gonna wrap up by 3:00, So I can go and quickly buy chicken." It's already cooking boss.

29.1

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
SIX,
he is decided no point playing the waiting game, he comes down the track and smashes it to deep midwicket boundary, into the stands

Mohammad Hafeez to Jadeja,
no run,
flighted delivery on off, pushed back to the bowler

29.5

Mohammad Hafeez to Jadeja,
no run,
pushed through outside off, Jadeja comes forward to defend that to off side

29.6

Mohammad Hafeez to Jadeja,
no run,
on the middle, Jadeja turns it to the leg side and wants a single, Dhoni sends him back rightly

End of over 30 (7 runs)
India 118/6
(RR: 3.93)

RA Jadeja0 (5b)

MS Dhoni28 (37b 3x6)

Mohammad Hafeez8-0-38-1

Saeed Ajmal4-1-6-2

Karthik: "What exactly is Jadeja's role in the side? Is he a lesser batsman than Ashwin? If that's the case then his bowling doesn't justify a place here. And what exactly does it mean that he got the nod in the Nagpur test over a genuine batsman for the number 6 spot. India really need to define this guy, or better yet, just boot him. He does not rate in either department. "

30.1

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
no run,
flatter delivery, turns into Dhoni, who pushes it back to the bowler

30.2

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
no run,
flatter and quicker, but turning down the leg side, hits the pads

30.3

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
no run,
the top spinner, it is quicker on the middle, Dhoni defends that off the back foot

30.4

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
no run,
the doosra now, Dhoni spots it and thrusts his front foot out to defend that

30.5

Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni,
1 run,
short, but quick, the batsman goes back and places it past point for a single

30.6

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
no run,
the straighter one, Jadeja plays outside the line expecting it to turn, luckily for him, the ball was outside off

End of over 31 (1 run)
India 119/6
(RR: 3.83)

RA Jadeja0 (6b)

MS Dhoni29 (42b 3x6)

Saeed Ajmal5-1-7-2

Mohammad Hafeez8-0-38-1

Rahul: "time for jadeja to prove that his batting exploits are not limited to ranji trophy matches on flat decks against mediocre attacks. I seriously doubt that will happen."

Shakeel: "@Nikhil.. Team India will deny Jamshed to score 3rd century by scoring just over 100 runs"

31.1

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
no run,
flatter delivery on the middle stump, defended off the back foot

31.2

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
1 wide,
an appeal for caught behind down the leg side, the umpire says no and calls it a wide. It was short and flat outside leg, Dhoni tries to play it with a vertical bat but misses.

31.2

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
no run,
that, sir, is a good stop. It would be harsh to call it a drop. It was flighted on off and Dhoni smashed it flat back to the left of the bowler, who stuck his hand out and now he seems to to have done some damage. The physio is out. Sometimes it doesn't help if the reflex takes you towards the ball rather than away from it. It must have stung in this cold. That hit his left-hand thumb

Hafeez to continue now.

Nader: "Shami Ahmed should feel lucky as he will be batting surely in his debut match"

Imran: "This ODI series has been Pak vs Ms Dhoni...it is not fair."

31.3

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
no run,
flatter and quicker on the middle and leg, defended back to the bowler

31.4

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
1 run,
slightly short on the pads, Dhoni goes back and places it to deep midwicket

31.5

Mohammad Hafeez to Jadeja,
1 run,
fligthed on the off, Jadeja comes forward and manages some bat as he tries to defend off the front foot, ball goes towards square leg

31.6

Mohammad Hafeez to Dhoni,
1 run,
goes back to one on the leg stump, flicked to deep backward square

End of over 32 (4 runs)
India 123/6
(RR: 3.84)

MS Dhoni31 (47b 3x6)

RA Jadeja1 (7b)

Mohammad Hafeez9-0-42-1

Saeed Ajmal5-1-7-2

Umar Gul comes back into the attack

Sabbir: "@Imran: Small correction; Pak minus Misbah Vs MS Dhoni."

32.1

Umar Gul to Dhoni,
no run,
accurate ball to start with, on off stump, it is pushed back to the bowler

32.2

Umar Gul to Dhoni,
no run,
short of length on the off and middle, comes back in a touch, Dhoni gets an inside edge on to his pads

32.3

Umar Gul to Dhoni,
no run,
this one holds its line and beats Dhoni as he comes forward, a little late, to try and push that towards the off side

32.4

Umar Gul to Dhoni,
1 run,
comes down the track, but Gul fires it on the pads, Dhoni flicks it to deep square leg for a single

32.5

Umar Gul to Jadeja,
no run,
length ball on middle and off, Jadeja defends it back to the bowler

32.6

Umar Gul to Jadeja,
1 run,
back of length outside off, Jadeja opens the face to run it down to third man

End of over 33 (2 runs)
India 125/6
(RR: 3.78)

RA Jadeja2 (9b)

MS Dhoni32 (51b 3x6)

Umar Gul5-1-32-0

Mohammad Hafeez9-0-42-1

Paul: "This is a historical series in which there are two teams with only the captain playing in one team and everyone except the captain playing in the other"

33.1

Mohammad Hafeez to Jadeja,
2 runs,
full and flat, flicked past midwicket for a couple

33.2

Mohammad Hafeez to Jadeja,
no run,
flighted on off, Jadeja pushes it to the right of midwicket

33.3

Mohammad Hafeez to Jadeja,
no run,
flatter and quicker, again defended off the front foot

33.4

Mohammad Hafeez to Jadeja,
no run,
quicker delivery, hits the pads as Jadeja tries to flick, the bowler appeals, but that was just missing leg

33.5

Mohammad Hafeez to Jadeja,
no run,
flatter delivery on the stumps, punched to cover off the back foot

33.6

Mohammad Hafeez to Jadeja,
no run,
slow, outside off, Jadeja shapes to play a cut, but can't get any timing as he ends up playing that straight to point

End of over 34 (2 runs)
India 127/6
(RR: 3.73)

RA Jadeja4 (15b)

MS Dhoni32 (51b 3x6)

Mohammad Hafeez10-0-44-1

Umar Gul5-1-32-0

Time for the batting Powerplay

Farshad: "Good to see Jadeja's "I refuse to farm the strike, captain, since I have 2 triple hundreds this season" approach, in that Gul over."

34.1

Umar Gul to Dhoni,
no run,
length ball on off, Dhoni unleashes a booming drive on the up but can't beat extra cover

34.2

Umar Gul to Dhoni,
FOUR,
attempts a yorker, but it ends up being a low full-toss, Dhoni takes a step down the pitch and flicks it past short fine leg

34.3

Umar Gul to Dhoni,
no run,
short of length on off, Dhoni dabs it straight to point

Kevin: "Ravi Shastri is speaking about indian batsman should bowl like hafeez......... Forget batsman who cab bowl, It is high time india produces bowlers who are good enough to bowl 10 overs well.... Along with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, India has the worst bowling attack"

34.4

Umar Gul to Dhoni,
OUT,
caught at point! short and not much room, Dhoni goes for the aerial cut but it goes straight to the hands of Umar Akmal at point. Dhoni falls for the first time in this series and that wicket could be the difference between a 200-run total to a 150 one now.

MS Dhoni c Umar Akmal b Umar Gul 36 (77m 55b 1x4 3x6) SR: 65.45

Bhuvneshwar Kumar walks in.

Angik: "I am to blame to for the loss of wickets today. A wicket fell every time I went away from cricinfo to attend calls of nature or household chores. I know this happens in other matches too with about a 75% probability. Yet I got up 5 times. I am terribly hungry and getting up again. Sorry guys."

34.5

Umar Gul to Kumar,
no run,
length ball on off, Bhuvi comes forward to push it to cover

34.6

Umar Gul to Kumar,
no run,
length ball outside off, left alone by the batsman

End of over 35 (4 runs)
India 131/7
(RR: 3.74)

B Kumar0 (2b)

RA Jadeja4 (15b)

Umar Gul6-1-36-1

Mohammad Hafeez10-0-44-1

Ajmal back into the attack

Usman: "skeptics saying that team india doesn't deserve a captain like dhoni...truth is dhoni doesn't deserve team india"

Farhan: "though Misbah hasn't fired with the bat in this series, but the way he has captained is exceptional. giving opening bowlers extended spells to get crucial initial wickets has been the key!"

35.1

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
no run,
flighted delivery on off and middle, Jadeja comes forward in defence

35.2

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
no run,
tossed up and full, driven to midwicket off the front foot

35.3

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
no run,
flatter delivery on off, defended back down the pitch again

35.4

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
2 runs,
sees the flight and lofts it straight down the ground, where Junaid from long-on runs around to make a good stop

35.5

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
no run,
flatter delivery, defended towards the leg side

35.6

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
no run,
another delivery pushed through on off, Jadeja defends that to the off side

End of over 36 (2 runs)
India 133/7
(RR: 3.69)

RA Jadeja6 (21b)

B Kumar0 (2b)

Saeed Ajmal6-1-9-2

Umar Gul6-1-36-1

36.1

Umar Gul to Kumar,
no run,
short of length outside off, defended by Bhuvi towards point

36.2

Umar Gul to Kumar,
no run,
bowls it full and straight, swings in a bit, batsman gets hit on the pads and bowler appeals, but that was just going down the leg side

36.3

Umar Gul to Kumar,
no run,
full ball outside off, driven straight to cover off the front foot

36.4

Umar Gul to Kumar,
no run,
dropped. It was short outside off and Bhuvi gets a thick edge that goes between keeper and first slip. But Kamran went for it, didn't get a hand, and blinds the first slip fielder. What more, the ball rolls to touch the helmet behind the keeper

36.5

Umar Gul to Kumar,
1 run,
a fast yorker, dug out on the leg side for a single

36.6

Umar Gul to Jadeja,
no run,
short of length delivery, defended back to the bowler

End of over 37 (6 runs)
India 139/7
(RR: 3.75)

RA Jadeja6 (22b)

B Kumar1 (7b)

Umar Gul6.5-1-37-1

Saeed Ajmal6-1-9-2

Jay: "Very well said Paul. I hope all the critics and Indian fans understands your statement. It is only and only MSD performing and cricket being a team game, shows can't be won without others chip in. Will MSD become Sachin of 90's?"

37.1

Saeed Ajmal to Kumar,
1 run,
flat and short on off stump, punched to wide mid-off

37.2

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
no run,
flighted delivery on off, turned to midwicket off the front foot

37.3

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
1 run,
more flight from Ajmal, Jadeja pushes it down to long-on

37.4

Saeed Ajmal to Kumar,
no run,
flat and quick on the stumps, defended off the back foot

37.5

Saeed Ajmal to Kumar,
OUT,
that was the doosra! It pitched on the middle and leg and was expecting it to turn it down leg, but it straightened and hit him on the front pad as Bhuvi was looking to turn it to square leg.

B Kumar lbw b Saeed Ajmal 2 (13m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 20.00

Ishant Sharma walks in. One slip and forward short leg in place

37.6

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
no run,
it is the flighted off spinnner outside off, Ishant does well to defend that off the front foot

End of over 38 (2 runs)
India 141/8
(RR: 3.71)

I Sharma0 (1b)

RA Jadeja7 (24b)

Saeed Ajmal7-1-11-3

Umar Gul6.5-1-37-1

38.1

Umar Gul to Jadeja,
SIX,
that has gone over the sight screen to the second tier. Jadeja jumps out of the crease, makes room and just picks this one up from length. That came from nowhere

Long-on goes out now. Third man and backward square the other two fielder outside circle

38.2

Umar Gul to Jadeja,
1 wide,
length ball, down the leg side and is called a wide, a bit harshly

38.2

Umar Gul to Jadeja,
1 run,
back of length delivery on off, Jadeja opens the face and runs it down to the left of the keeper, who makes a half stop

38.3

Umar Gul to Sharma,
no run,
short of length delivery on off stump, cut straight to point

Ram: "Even in Video Game they have uploaded teams with their current form. I am not able to defend any total with Indian Bowling. Kohli got duck here too "

38.4

Umar Gul to Sharma,
no run,
stays back to a length ball and defends it to cover

38.5

Umar Gul to Sharma,
no run,
full yorker, but drifting down the leg side, Ishant digs it out

Ajay: "Duncan Fletcher must be grinning he is not working under Roman Abrahamovic :P 10 managers would have succeeded him at this rate "

38.6

Umar Gul to Sharma,
no run,
short of length outside off, Ishant lets it go through to the keeper

That, is the end of Powerplay, another fruitful one for Pakistan. India got 22 for 2.

End of over 39 (8 runs)
India 149/8
(RR: 3.82)

I Sharma0 (5b)

RA Jadeja14 (26b 1x6)

Umar Gul8-1-45-1

Saeed Ajmal7-1-11-3

Karan: "How's this for a contrast - India 149/8 in about 38 overs and in the BBL Melb. Stars 144/8 in 19. Who's playing the T20?"

39.1

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
1 run,
flighted delivery on off stump, turned to deep midwicket for a single

India gets to 150, crowd claps, Irony lost on Jadeja

39.2

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
no run,
off spinning delivery outside off, Ishant punches it to cover

39.3

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
no run,
tossed up delivery, the top spinner, on off stump line, defended off the front foot

39.4

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
no run,
flat and fast off spinner, Ishant punches it back to the bowler

39.5

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
no run,
another quicker on, Ishant pushes it to cover off the back foot

39.6

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
no run,
slow, short and outside off, Ishant loses his timing and is not able to get it away

End of over 40 (1 run)
India 150/8
(RR: 3.75)

I Sharma0 (10b)

RA Jadeja15 (27b 1x6)

Saeed Ajmal8-1-12-3

Umar Gul8-1-45-1

Junaid Khan comes back for his second spell

Jeewan: "Thankful that its not a 5 or 7 ODI series between india and pakistan. Its torturous to see india shattered being an indian fan. Guess we should make ourselves used to these situations."

40.1

Junaid Khan to Jadeja,
no run,
full ball outside off, Jadeja drives it without much timing to extra cover

40.2

Junaid Khan to Jadeja,
no run,
it's a full and fast yoker, misses the bat and the stumps as it goes past the leg stump to the keeper

40.3

Junaid Khan to Jadeja,
2 runs,
attempts another yorker, but it's a low full-toss which Jadeja drives past a diving midwicket to the cow corner, for a couple

40.4

Junaid Khan to Jadeja,
2 runs,
another low full-toss, it's hit straight down the ground where Umar Gul, from long-on, comes around to make a sliding stop

40.5

Junaid Khan to Jadeja,
no run,
length ball, angled into the pads, Jadeja misses his flick and the ball thuds into the pad. It was going down the leg side

40.6

Junaid Khan to Jadeja,
no run,
short ball, slightly slower, Jadeja cuts it but is not able to beat Umar Akmal at point

End of over 41 (4 runs)
India 154/8
(RR: 3.75)

RA Jadeja19 (33b 1x6)

I Sharma0 (10b)

Junaid Khan8-1-16-1

Saeed Ajmal8-1-12-3

Round the wicket.

41.1

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
FOUR,
flighted delivery, Ishant clubs it over mid-off to get his first runs

41.2

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
no run,
pushed through on the middle stump line, defended back to the bowler

41.3

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
no run,
flat and quick on the leg stump line, punched to mid-off

41.4

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
1 run,
fuller down the leg side, Ishant chips it down the ground and the long-on fielder fields it on the bounce

41.5

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
1 run,
full and flighted, driven to deep midwicket for a single

41.6

Saeed Ajmal to Sharma,
OUT,
Ishant drives it straight back to the bowler! It was a tame shot and Ajmal got his right hand to it, fumbled but caught it on the second try. It's Ajmal's fourth

I Sharma c & b Saeed Ajmal 5 (21m 15b 1x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

End of over 42 (6 runs)
India 160/9
(RR: 3.80)

RA Jadeja20 (34b 1x6)

Saeed Ajmal9-1-18-4

Junaid Khan8-1-16-1

42.1

Junaid Khan to Jadeja,
1 run,
drives this full ball hard, back to the bowler who gets hit on the boots and deflects it to long-off

42.2

Junaid Khan to Mohammed Shami,
no run,
short of length, defended towards point

42.3

Junaid Khan to Mohammed Shami,
no run,
fuller length delivery on off, Shami opens the face to play it towards point

Round the wicket

42.4

Junaid Khan to Mohammed Shami,
no run,
a good bouncer to the No. 11, it follows the batsman who arches back to sway out of the line

42.5

Junaid Khan to Mohammed Shami,
no run,
length ball outside off, this one holds its line and Shami is beaten outside off as he tries to play that from his crease

42.6

Junaid Khan to Mohammed Shami,
no run,
a quick full-toss, Shami throws his bat at it, gets a faint edge, but the ball just goes past the off stump on its way to the keeper

End of over 43 (1 run)
India 161/9
(RR: 3.74)

Mohammed Shami0 (5b)

RA Jadeja21 (35b 1x6)

Junaid Khan9-1-17-1

Saeed Ajmal9-1-18-4

Ajmal's last coming up

43.1

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
SIX,
flighted delivery on off, Jadeja launches this over cow corner into the stands

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
no run,
full and fast on the middle stump, defended back to the bowler

43.4

Saeed Ajmal to Jadeja,
OUT,
caught at long-on! Ajmal completes five as Jadeja tries to send this one out of the ground, only manages to get it as far as long-on. A comforatble catch by Umar Akmal and Ajmal is pumped after that wicket.

RA Jadeja c Umar Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 27 (71m 39b 0x4 2x6) SR: 69.23

Rafi: "Call India A bowlers from Palam Ground to Firozshah Kotla to save India, They are doing fabulous job against England XI"

Nouman: "alongwith Nasir Jamshed I have already completed my 100th msg for this match.. It would be difficult for Nasir to score 100 today (thanx for low score) Can I be Cricinfo Man of series." I think you might be the top 100, there's one guy who has sent in thousands.

Imran: "The only way India can win this match, if Pakistani bowling attack is allowed to bowl to team pakistan."

Patrick: "Thoughts of Zidane coming out of retirement to lead the French football team comes to mind. Wonder if any such thoughts are floating in the minds of Sachin, Dravid and Ganguly?"

Rajeev: "This is why Pakistan fans are so good -- some of the most graceful comments even in the face of a massive, massive victory. There's no shame in losing to a much better side (although here we have been absolutely terrible, without taking any credit away from Pakistan) but kudos to Pakistan: some of the best fans out there, and you can notice this in the comments section too!"

Alex sledges from New Zealand: "you know that your national team is in trouble when your only success in a home season is a series win against New Zealand..."

Javed: "At the start of the tour I just hoped. I knew the Indian batting line up could blow us out at any moment of their choosing. After 1st T20 I was pleasantly surprised. In the 2nd T20 I admired Pakistan's determination. But from 1st ODI I started to believe we really had a quality bowling line up that the Indians were beginning to fear. Half way through the 2nd ODI I believed in Pakistan to win. And now Pakistan could be on the verge of a historic ODI white wash. Still a long way to go to challenge SA and Aus but Pak are back!"

Brendan: "@Alex, i thought i was the only New Zealander watching this."

Gav: "Hang on!! There's 2 New Zealanders!"

India's poor run with the bat continues. The start wasn't very different from the previous two matches as the top-order had no answers against the Pakistan pacers. That was not the end of their troubles, as Mohammad Hafeez picked up Yuvraj Singh's wicket and then Saeed Ajmal ran through the bottom half like a hot knife on butter. We will be back soon for Pakistan's chase as they look to complete a whitewash.

Ahmad: "Come on India, even Pakistani fans are disappointed at your performance. we want some thrilling contest.Lets see if Pakistani batsman can help you in making it a thriller."

Ankur: "Deja vu... India losing while Sachin scores a century. "

Rashid: "What has happened to Team India? The current predicament of the team makes even a Pakistani fan feel sorry. No spirit, drained body-language and weak coordination! For me, the balling isn't to be blamed that much, it is the batting that has let India down. The batsmen should know that they need to perform on difficult tracks too, not only in IPL or on juicy-wickets. There are some serious structural and technical changes required to rejuvenate the Indian side. Perhaps, the proceedings can begin by changing the coaching staff."